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Highburn Studios

And Suddenly, Out of the Darkness...

About Me

We are Highburn Studios, an independent comic book company based out of Southwest Virginia. Formed in 1988 by artist Michael Watkins. Highburn Studios now is a haven and workhorse for artists and writers to work together and produce some of the best indy books in the industry. Our line up includes artists: Michael Watkins, Lyle Pollard, Kenny Keen, and John Anderson. Our swarthy group of writers included Chris Callahan and Randy Parker. Last but not least, our Sprite model Brynn Oliver. Currently we have 6 working titles GUARDIANS, SLAYER, TRIBULATIONS, DRESSED TO KILL, RUTHLESS, and EXPULSE. So rush out and collect them all......Slayer, by Kenny Keen..

My Interests

movies, art, comedy, horror, comic books, making a splash, martial arts, death, destruction, mayhem, good vs. evil, politics, particularly the dirty side, music, midgets, food, beer, scotch and cigars, changing the world as Option A, burning it down as Option B...if you see the trail of smoke, take shelter.

I'd like to meet:

We here at Highburn are always looking to meet other comic book creators, writers, artists, colorists, inkers, and fans...to receive a submission packet for pencils, inks, or colors or to flex your writing skills, click below.....Tribulations by Lyle Pollard..And a link to our message board...if you must send hate mail, we are not responsible for any punishment that may be metered out by our own Shinlyle...Guardians by Michael Watkins and Chris CallahanRandy Parker and John Anderson's Dressed to Kill..Ruthless by Kenny Keen, Randy Parker, Lyle Pollard, Michael Watkins, and John Anderson.Expulse by Kenny Keen, Lyle Pollard, Michael Watkins, and Tony Yates.Sprite, Created by Michael Watkins, modeled by Brynn Oliver. She even makes her own suits.

Music:

You name it and one of us probably likes it...except David Hasselhoff (but I hear he's really big in Germany...)

Movies:

Zombies (Romero, Argento, Raimi), Horror (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, House of a Thousand Corpses, Devil's Rejects, Argento again, etc.), Fantasy, Tokyo Shock! (Ichi the Killer, Battle Royale, etc.) Comedies (too many to name here as well) movies wit da sooperheroes (except catwoman, batman and robin, and other such travesties) Suffice it to say we have good taste...

Television:

TV rots your brain...buy a comic book! You are excused for 24, The Shield, anything Adult Swim, UFC, and most cartoons...

Books:

This is the part where we rattle off random fantabulous authors in an attempt to convey to you, the reader, that we are well versed in all things literary and, therefore, amazingly witty and smarter than all of Tila Tequila's friends...right?How about we just link you to some previews of our stuff instead?
HIGHBURN STUDIOS

Heroes:

Anyone who chooses the righteous path in a world full of villains...

My Blog

Week of February 17th thru 23rd

  Another month is almost over.  So what's up here at the Highburn Ranch?  Not too much this week, but here is what we have.       I'm still working my butt off on G...
Posted by Highburn Studios on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:11:00 PST

Week of February 10th - 14th

 Lyle here!Ain't no party like a Highburn party because aHighburn party don't stop!!!Sorry, still freestylin' from the last "HighburnGathering", which can be read about HERE.Anyways, here's an up...
Posted by Highburn Studios on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:25:00 PST

Week of February 3rd - 9th

    Second month of 2008 and we are getting a lot done around here.  So far Tribulations 1 has been completely penciled, inked, and I have colored 6 pages of it as well as th...
Posted by Highburn Studios on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:12:00 PST

The week of January 27- Feb 2nd

This week most of the gang decided to just chill and have a little gathering. I'll give you guys the skinny from our Shinlyle. Well, our little fiesta went down without a hitch, this past weekend! We ...
Posted by Highburn Studios on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:19:00 PST

Week of January 20th

Okay I'm a couple of days late but here is this weeks blog.      Well I have finished 4 pages for Lyle's book Tribulations as well as penciled another page of Guardians.  On t...
Posted by Highburn Studios on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:25:00 PST

Week of January 13th - 19th

     Look I'm keeping this weekly!!!  Here is the news from the bullpen of Highburn.      Lyle and I have flatted almost all of Femme Noir for Joe Staton and Ma...
Posted by Highburn Studios on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:44:00 PST

Week of January 6 thru Jan 12

     Well so far the first week of the new year has been extremely productive for us.  Lyle and myself have flatted almost all of Femme Noir for Matt Webb and Joe Staton as we...
Posted by Highburn Studios on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:12:00 PST

New Year, New Blog

    A new year, big changes, big news, and of course THE coolest creators in comics.  How about some big news to start of on?  Guardians has been picked up by Dakuwaka product...
Posted by Highburn Studios on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:47:00 PST

Update time

     Looks like Christmas is really around the corner. Everyone here at Highburn wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a safe holiday season.  Let me give you the ski...
Posted by Highburn Studios on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:18:00 PST

Yes I’m late, but here’s an update

  Okay, Okay. Sorry I am late again on this update, but I've been juggling quite a workload lately.  The Legend of the Guitar Hero is finally finished.  FINALLY.  So now everyone i...
Posted by Highburn Studios on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:01:00 PST